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Two characters are (or were) clearly friends; the innocent lead's friend probably had a [[DarkAndTroubledPast dark past]] or was shunned by others, but nonetheless they managed to become friends.

However at some point, their playful rivalry [[DividedWeFall starts to escalate]] (a one-sided affair, usually) or they simply drift apart because of the plot. Often times the powder keg is a single event that breaks the increasingly tenuous friendship, at which point one friend becomes the villain. This can be part of a newly revealed dark past, or [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer dealing with a major problem]] in a way his friend or other people can't tolerate. Sometimes it's just a very minor misunderstanding [[CannotSpitItOut no one seems interested in clarifying]].

This is a common fate for TheRival and certain types of [[TheLancer Lancers]], especially if they were the lead character's friend and MissedTheCall, or if they [[TwoGuysAndAGirl grew up with a third, female friend]].

If the main character is a MessianicArchetype or even just has a strong connection with his TrueCompanions, expect him to make it his mission to turn his friend back to the side of good even while everyone else is trying to kill him. Whether he [[ThePowerOfFriendship succeeds]] or [[DownerEnding fails]] in this mission becomes a source of much drama for the character. Meanwhile the rival turned villain's job is to dredge up all his pent-up feelings of jealousy to try to justify his actions often [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis becoming his own worst enemy]] in the process.

If the rival is a sibling, it's CainAndAbel. Contrast RivalsTeamUp and DrivenByEnvy.

Sister trope of TheRival. May or may not be TheResenter. Compare ArchEnemy. See also EvilFormerFriend.

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* Afro and Jinno in ''Anime/AfroSamurai''. Interestingly, it's the protagonist, Afro, who "turned evil" -- Everything Jinno does is to protect those at Swordmaster's dojo, while Afro is motivated purely by revenge.* Nina and Arika's humorous OddCouple relationship in ''Anime/MaiOtome'' disintegrated due to a number of...''misunderstandings'', to put it mildly. They started out as rivals in academics as a result of Garderobe only allowing a limited number of students to advance, but over time, the rivalry is over the love of Nina's adoptive father Sergay. When it turns out that Sergay is [[AnonymousBenefactor anonymously supporting]] Arika, Nina becomes [[BigBad Nagi's]] Otome and tries to kill Arika.* Likewise, Miaka and Yui in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''.* [[spoiler:Yui and Haruna]] in ''Anime/CorrectorYui''. [[spoiler: Though Haruna gets better more or less quickly.]]* Sasuke and Naruto in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is the definition of this. Interestingly enough, though, the rivalry ''started out'' one-sided and became mutual as Naruto got stronger.** Apparently, it goes across for many generations in the world of shinobi:*** [[Characters/NarutoHokages Hashirama Senju]] and [[Characters/NarutoTheUchihaClan Madara Uchiha]].*** [[Characters/NarutoHokages Hiruzen Sarutobi]] and [[Characters/NarutoOtherLeafVillageMembers Danzo Shimura]].*** [[Characters/NarutoTheLegendarySannin Jiraiya and Orochimaru]].*** Even [[Characters/NarutoOtherCharacters Mifune and Hanzo]].*** [[spoiler:[[Characters/NarutoObitoUchiha Tobi, aka Obito Uchiha]] and [[Characters/NarutoOtherTeamSevenMembers Kakashi Hatake]].]]* Spike and Vicious in ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', although this is a probably an inversion - Vicious didn't turn evil (it's pretty clear he was ''always'' a sociopath) so much as Spike turned good. Or at least [[TrueNeutral turned neutral]].** Actually, it is implied that Vicious didn't use to be ''this'' much of a sociopath, and Spike's betrayal pushed him over the edge.* Tabool to Nabuca in ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere''. Winds up [[spoiler:killing his best friend.]] Ample moments of FoeYay make the turn even more disturbing.* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':** Lelouch is an inverted form of this trope. Lelouch's philosophical disagreement with Suzaku over whether to destroy Britannia or fix it from within leads to the two childhood friends at gunpoint in the Season 1 finale. In R2, Suzaku and Lelouch come to the conclusion that there's [[TakeAThirdOption a better option]] than destroying Britannia or fixing it from within [[spoiler: doing both.]]** [[spoiler:Temporarily reversed]] in R2 [[spoiler:when Suzaku is seen to be playing for Charles but instead of them turning on each other, Suzaku eventually joins forces with Lelouch to put an end to the wars altogether.]]* Megumi from ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' who turned traitor because she envied Ruriko's seeming superiority.* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':** Kaiser Ryo in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' occupied an odd spot in between TheAce and TheRival in season 1, before having a FreakOut in season 2. Oddly enough, despite [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight at least two attempts to break him out of it]], neither succeeded. [[spoiler:In fact, he gets better all on his own. Even before that, he's still something of a {{jerkass}} protagonist in the second half of season three.]]** And speaking of ''Yu-Gi-Oh'', ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'''s [[spoiler:Kiryu Kyosuke was the lead's best friend as the leader of Team Satisfaction, but he got too...excited by the whole conquering-Satellite thing. When he tried to duel all of Security (the police force) and ended up killing one of them, leading to a situation where he believed that Yusei had turned him into the police, Yusei's and Kiryu's friendship got shot to hell. Kiryu died, which ironically meant that he got better and everything else got worse at the same time.]] And by everything else, that means he got so AxCrazy you could make a case of him reaching critical, Dilandau Albatou levels.** Also from 5D's, Jack Atlas. Prior to the series setting he was also a member of Team Satisfaction, and a friendly rival to Yusei. He grew more and more distant from his friends following the break-up of the team, and eventually accepted an offer to become King in return for betraying Yusei by stealing his D-Wheel and Stardust Dragon, which he accomplished by endangering Rally's life. He's by far a less extreme example than Kiryu, though, as this was the last truly evil action he took, and once Yusei settled their score he quickly became a protagonist and sought redemption in the second season.* Kenshiro and Shin from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' were friends from different martial art schools who were in love with the same woman until Jagi, Kenshiro's jealous brother, swayed Shin [[MurderTheHypotenuse into betraying Kenshiro]] and taking Yuria for himself.* Played with in ''Manga/GlassMask''. When both actresses whom are competing for the iconic role of Crimson Goddess arrive on the island where the film has always taken place, [[spoiler: Ayumi notices a weak wooden bridge ready to give out and is smart enough not to cross it. Later on, Maya, her rival for the role, tries to cross the bridge. Ayumi sees this and thinks that letting Maya die would finally eliminate the threat to her future super stardom. But [[WhatYouAreInTheDark she changes her mind]] at the last minute, right when the bridge does give out, and saves Maya's life. She confesses to Maya about it out of guilt, which lead to the two girls fighting and making it clear where they stand with each other [[WorthyOpponent out of respect.]]]] * In the anime version of ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance'', Kazuki and Jin started out as friends. Jin was forced to drop out of the program they were both working in during an accident which ultimately resulted in Kazuki's Dragon rejecting him and accepting Jin. When Kazuki finally gets a Dragon and ends up fighting Jin, he gets badly scarred, causing him to hate Jin even more.* In the [[spoiler:Ice and Snow arc]] of ''Manga/DNAngel'', [[spoiler:Kyle, Elliot's best friend does this because of the TwoGuysAndAGirl scenario. He's eventually doomed a la Literature/RimeOfTheAncientMariner to tell the story so others don't make his mistake after he causes BOTH of their deaths. Sort of. It's complicated.]]* ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' works this in, but it's among the many things Kenichi has *forgotten* since his childhood. [[spoiler:BigBad Odin is really a childhood friend who made a promise with Kenichi that they would both get stronger...before insisting on fighting over a pin Kenichi received. Odin reveals that it was the loss in that childhood fight, coupled with the humiliation of being offered the pin afterward anyway, that set him on the Path of Asura.]]* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'', Milliardo and Treize, but it is more of CivilWarcraft** And in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', Kira and Athrun towards each other.** Similarly, Asemu and Zeheart from the second generation of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'', only with Zeheart being a spy in the first place, and him being friendly part is a bit of BecomingTheMask.* In ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'', [[spoiler: Ranka temporariliy turns evil, at least from the human perspective, due to MindControl. Then she [[SubvertedTrope breaks out of it with the help of Sheryl and in return saves her life]]]]* Enchu for Muhyo in ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji''. Initially, his grades were far superior to Muhyo's because he put in effort while Muhyo did not, but as Muhyo's talent awoke, he began surpassing Enchu. This was a particularly sore spot for Enchu, as he hoped to become an Executor to support his sick mother. Losing the position to Muhyo shortly after losing his mother broke Enchu, and resulted in his FaceHeelTurn. [[spoiler:It turns out that Teeki invoked this trope to find a powerful body to take as his own, and killed Enchu's mother to turn him evil]].* ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' loves this trope. In Kai's backstory, he becomes friends with [[CloudCuckoolander Ren Suzugamori]] after transferring to the same school which Ren attends. Ren soon obtains [[PsychicPowers Psyqualia]] and [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity begins losing his sanity]] before the start of the series, while Kai, having no idea how to save his friend, decides to leave Ren behind and move back to the town where Aichi lives. [[spoiler:Kai walking out on Ren actually made things worse.]] Then, we move on to the beginning of the story proper, where Kai has taken up a cold and distant approach in an attempt to keep history from repeating. He does end up joining a team with Aichi Sendou, only for [[spoiler:Aichi to start developing Psyqualia and losing his sanity as well]]. Thankfully, they both regain their sanity by the end of the first season.** However, in the third season, [[spoiler: Kai]] is the one to turn evil this time, as he winds up [[spoiler: [[TheVirus being reversed after his fight with a reversed Takuto]] and going so far as to take up the very clan that embodies Void.]]* In the Buu Saga of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Vegeta had enough of being AlwaysSecondBest to Goku, so he willingly let Babidi brainwash him so he can get the power he needed to fight Goku once and for all. Goku only had one day on earth due to being dead and Vegeta would never have another chance at besting him and threatened to kill anyone until Goku gave in. This unfortunately set off a chain of events that led to Buu's resurrection due to the intensity of their duel.* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', the office rivalry between [[TheAce Akira Mado]] and [[AlwaysSecondBest Seidou Takizawa]] escalates into this as a result of [[spoiler: his transformation into a HalfHumanHybrid and descent into madness]]. He initially attempts to reconcile with her by playing hero, but receives a harsh [[HeelFaceDoorSlam rejection]] from his former allies and rival. It isn't until [[spoiler: Mutsuki]] tries to kill him that Akira realizes her mistake and protects him, helping [[LoveRedeems bring him back]] to his senses.* Bakugou from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' is a violent, brutish punk with a deep InferioritySuperiorityComplex towards the main hero Izuku, whom he used to be good friends with but started bullying after let his explosion Quirk go to his head. Since finding out his old victim developed a Quirk, Bakugou quickly starts feeling his position of superiority slip away and thinks everything Izuku does is for the purpose of showing him up. [[spoiler: He ends up '''defying''' this trope in magnificent fashion: after the villains kidnap him in order to convince him to their side, he tells them to fuck off and starts blasting away at them as soon as he gets free. Bakugou may have some severe personality flaws, but he's dead set on becoming a real hero like his idol All Might.]][[/folder]]

[[folder: Comic Books ]]* Doctor Doom and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] are probably one of the most straightforward examples of this trope. The catalyst for Doom turning evil was an incident where Reed pointed out a flaw in one of Doom's projects when they were both classmates in grad school rivaling for the spot of top student, and Doom, thinking [[YoureJustJealous Reed was just jealous]], ignored him, only for the project to blow up in his face, disfiguring him and getting him expelled. Doom was so infuriated by the idea that that ''infernal'' Richards had bested him that he [[SelectiveObliviousness rejected that version of reality]], [[NeverMyFault blamed Reed for the accident]], and [[{{Revenge}} dedicated himself to destroying Reed's life in "revenge".]][[note]] Apparently, accidentally brusing the ego of the great Victor von Doom makes you deserving of [[DisproportionateRetribution constant stalking, murder attempts, targeting of your wife and friends, forced duels, repeated physical and psychological torture, mind rape, attempted genocide of your country, kidnapping your kids, screwing with your head and ill-handled guilt complex until you almost lose your mind/fly into a homicidal rage, and turning your life into one long, exhausting, never-ending hell.]][[/note]]\\\\The "rivalry" part of their relationship (in addition to the blinding, obsessive vendetta) is still in full force, as the reasons for all of Doom's evil plans to TakeOverTheWorld, gain cosmic power, topple governments, decimate the superhero community, and rain death and destruction upon all oppose him can eventually be traced back to his desire to get one over on his old college pal. (He'll even [[BondVillainStupidity delay killing Reed to make him admit Doom is better than he is.]])* In the'' Franchise/SpiderMan'' comics, [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]] was a reporter that developed a grudge against Spiderman when the latter apprehended Sin-Eater. Brock had been interviewing a compulsive confessor and lost his job in disgrace. In addition to his job loss and inability to find a new one in journalism barring tabloids, he was also diagnosed with terminal cancer, so when he encountered the symbiote (which had tracked Brock by his negative emotions and the cancer upon which it feeds) in the church where Spiderman had abandoned it, he was more than willing to use the symbiote to get the revenge he craved... armed with the knowledge of Spiderman's secret identity and calling himself Venom in reference to the types of articles he was paid to write. He ultimately reformed and gave up the symbiote knowing that without it he would eventually die of the cancer ravaging his body. Except... [[spoiler:the trace of the symbiote in his blood fused with white blood cells and created the menacing Anti-Venom, who, while not as evil, and fights villains like the current Venom Mac Garnagan (AKA: The Scorpion), still holds a grudge with ole Spidey.]] Oh well.* This was inverted in the 70's MarvelUniverse comic ''Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu''. As an acolyte of the despotic ambitions of his father, Fu Manchu, Shang-Chi was always just a little better than his childhood friend, Midnight. But in this case it was Shang-Chi who turned, rejecting his father's evil and leaving the organization. Naturally, his old friend got sent after him. Said friend added a righteous sense of betrayal to his previous resentment.* ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'': Some versions of Lightning Lad's relationship with his brother Mekt (Lightning Lord) go this way.* Subverted in ''ComicBook/ElfQuest''. Rayek starts out as Cutter's rival of sorts. Several times in the story, he appears to be about to turn evil, but despite his screwups, he ''never does,'' at least, not permanently. Rival Turned HeelFaceRevolvingDoor?* The ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' villain Conduit was once a childhood rival and friend of Clark Kent but tried to kill him years later.** So was Lex Luthor, at least in the Silver Age continuity. Though he had a friendly rivalry going with ''Superboy'' not Clark.* ''ComicBook/IronMan'':** Tony Stark gets one for a short time in the form of Tiberius Stone, who's implied to have been a sociopath from the beginning, just very good at hiding it. "Short time" because by the end of the arc, [[spoiler:Stone has been left comatose, and tends to be forgotten by later writers.]]** Obidiah Stane also served this purpose.* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' had Baron Mordo, until [[DeathEqualsRedemption he reformed while dying of cancer]]. [[spoiler:And then he was brought back as a villain because the writers either forgot about his reformation or were just too lazy to create a new evil sorcerer.]]* In Wolverine's limited series ''Wolverine: Origins'', in the 19th century, Dog starts out as James Howlett's friend [[spoiler: and secret half-brother]], but eventually they drift apart, and Dog even kills James' puppy. James eventually runs away from home after an incident causes the death of his parents and Dog's father, and Dog tells the locals it was James' fault. Years later, Dog is told to track James down so that James' grandfather can make amends, but instead Dog tries to kill James for taking his name (Logan). This one also works for TwoGuysAndAGirl, with James, Dog, and Rose. Dog is later tracked down by Sabretooth, Logan's ''other'' rival turned evil when he ends up in the present, and is hired as a teacher at the Hellfire Academy.* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'': Sonic's old rival [[spoiler: Geoffrey St. John]] was revealed to be working for [[EvilSorcerer Ixis Naugus]], and is implied to have been working for him for some time. [[spoiler: As it turned out, Geoffrey has ''[[TheMole always]]'' worked for Naugus -- as in, ''before either was even introduced into the comic'' -- so this isn't so much "RivalTurnedEvil" as it is "[[TheMole Rival Who's Always Been Evil But Playing Good]]".]]* ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'': Cassandra Cartland grew up in the same orphanage as Selina Kyle where Selina rebuffed Cassandra's attempts at friendship. Cassandra grew bitter and resentful and, after learning that Selina had become Catwoman, created her own villainous identity of She-cat and attempted to frame Selina for crimes she committed.* In ''ComicBook/ShamansTears'', Thom Broadarrow was a childhood rival to Joshua Brand. He was always jealous of Joshua, especially when Joshua got the girl they both wanted, then abandoned her to leave the reservation; something Thom never managed. When Joshua, returned to the reservation and was granted the power of Wakan Tanka, Thom thought it should have rightfully be his. His jealousy ultimately led to accident that transformed into a monster.

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* FanFic/{{Alex}} to [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Marceline]].* ''[[FanFic/MaylusRevenge Maylu's Revenge]]'' has Maylu herself becoming this to Roll.* Nami and Elly in ''FanFic/PirateMeetsGebler'' when the latter used the [[PsychoSerum Drive]] to not only fight Fei, but also the former. They got better after the former got the latter to snap out of this by threatening to drop herself off the canyon..

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[[folder:Film]]* Eddie Brock is portrayed this way in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', as fighting for Peter's position at Jameson's office. The Rival/Evil Turn comes after he tries to cheat his way ahead and Peter exposes him; Peter, wearing the Venom suit, goes to a local chapel seeking repentance, while Eddie goes to the same [[PrayerOfMalice seeking revenge]]; the church bells ring, disturbing Venom sufficiently that Peter is able to fight him off, and Venom drops down a few stories to take over Eddie, who is a much more ''willing'' host...* While he and ''Film/IpMan'' never became friends, Jin descended from martial artist rivalry to becoming a bandit and later [[spoiler: selling Ip Man's last known whereabouts to the Japanese. He does a HeelFaceTurn back by the second film.]]* Ben and Ian in the first ''Film/NationalTreasure'' movie.* The 2002 film version of ''Film/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' with Guy Pierce and Jim Caviezel differs from the book by making Dantes and Mondego good friends with a friendly rivalry before Mondego betrays Dantes out of jealousy.* The escalation of this effect drives the plot of ''Film/ThePrestige''. Robert Angier and Alfred Borden are both amateur magicians working fairly amicably as audience plants for another magician. [[spoiler:However, when Angier's wife is killed and Borden appears to be responsible (it's possible that he's entirely innocent)]] Angier devotes himself to destroying Borden by any means including sabotaging and stealing his tricks as well as [[spoiler: killing himself dozens of times over ''just'' so he can eventually frame Borden for murder and take his daughter.]] Borden remains far from innocent though and retaliates by constantly ruining Angier's chance at fame and stealing his mistress.* Like his comic counterpart, Film/IronMan had his fair share of evil rivals. The first was Obidiah Stane who, in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse was an in-company rival to Stark Enterprises as opposed to the head of his own company. He eventually turned evil and tried to kill Stark. In the second film, Justin Hammer was a business rival who ended up releasing an international criminal who had previously killed many people and tried to kill Stark, in order to defeat Stark Enterprises.%%* Iceman and Pyro in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.* Overlaps with LoveMakesYouEvil in ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''. [[TheDragon Maxim Horvath]] was a friend of Balthazar Blake and was in love with Veronica Gorloisen, with all three being Merlin's apprentices. Veronica chose Balthazar, resulting in Horvath deciding that he no longer cared about anything and would willingly help [[BigBad Morgana]] destroy the world and is not shy about trying to kill Balthazar. Centuries later, Balthazar is surprised that Horvath still feels bitter about Veronica's choice.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':** James Potter and Severus Snape never got along at school, made worse by the fact that Lily, Snape's childhood friend who he was thoroughly in love with, ended up marrying James, while Snape turned evil. [[spoiler: Snape turned back to the side of good because Lily was in danger, and stayed on the good side because his previous evil actions caused her death]].** PlayedWith: Harry's own rival, [[BigBadWannabe Draco Malfoy]], was pretty [[EvilIsPetty petty]] in the early books, but when [[BigBad Voldemort]] returns to power, he joins him. He winds up causing a lot of damage in the sixth book, but he also can't bring himself to actually [[spoiler:murder Dumbledore]], and he's clearly terrified of all of the actual psychopaths whom he's forced to work with. He never technically switches back to the good side until Voldemort's defeat, but he's so scared and pathetic that Harry briefly pities him. * The ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'': [[spoiler:Murtagh pulls a FaceHeelTurn while [[NotQuiteDead everyone else thought he was dead]]. Supposedly this is because the BigBad knows his [[IKnowYourTrueName true name]], but he also displays some jealousy of his [[CainAndAbel brother]] Eragon. Unlike other examples, he is surprisingly reasonable about it, including sparing Eragon's life.]]* Saruman in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' turned to the Dark Side because he was jealous of Gandalf having received the Ring of Fire from Círdan upon their arrival in Middle-Earth.* Happens with Brutus in Con Iggulden's ''Emperor'' series. He starts out as Caesar's loyal blood brother, but as time goes by he grows increasingly jealous of his friend's success as a general and a politician. Eventually he leaves Caesar to fight for Pompey in the civil war, and tells Caesar later that he did it because he wanted to be someone without having to stand in the shadow of the great Caesar.* Faquarl of ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'' was ''already'' evil, but he's TheRival of the [[NobleDemon titular character]] and a WhiteHairBlackHeart, so he fits.* At the end of Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ''Literature/{{Ultramarines}}'' novel ''Dead Sky Black Sun'', Honsou [[spoiler: corners the SpaceMarine Vaanes, who had helped Uriel against Honsou before deciding that it cost too much. Honsou offers to let him work for the Chaos forces and promises {{Revenge}}, and Vaanes accepts. SequelHook, anyone?]]* It seems as if half the Forsaken in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' had been very talented and effective good guy generals and Aes Sedai who could not stand that their rival Lews Therin Telamon (whom they were at least fairly friendly/neutral colleagues with at one stage), The Dragon, was better than them, thus turning to the Dark One (Not the case for other Forsaken like the sadistic, and unparalleled healer, Semirhage, or ThePhilosopher Ishmael).** Played most straight with the Forsaken Demandred. His entire life can essentially be described as "almost as good as Lews Therin". He was born a day later. He was ever so slightly weaker in the Power, and ever so slightly less proficient at its use. He was slightly shorter. He was slightly worse looking. Ilenya chose Lews Therin over him. He was passed up for becoming the Amyrlin Seat in favour of Lews Therin. Lews Therin's deeds in the War of Power were slightly more impressive. So on and so forth. Characters from the time who think back say that in any other time, in any other place, he could have been the greatest hero of the age, but he had the misfortune to be born into Lews Therin's time. He fell to the Dark primarily out of jealously for Lews Therin, and to this day is described as the Forsaken with the most hate(particularly for Lews Therin, but in general as well). Not the most anger, not the biggest ego, not the most sadistic. He just ''hates''. * [[spoiler:Pasha]] in ''Literature/DoctorZhivago'', though he was Lara's friend (and thus more of a romantic rival for Yuri).* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'': [[spoiler:Simon Heap]] became an antagonist after [[spoiler:Septimus got the [=ExtraOrdinary=] Apprenticeship.]]* Breezepelt from ''Literature/WarriorCats'' was originally the rival to Lionblaze and Jayfeather, but he was friendly enough to team up with them on occasion. However, in ''OmenOfTheStars'' he [[spoiler: is recruited by the Dark Forest]] and turns homicidal.* In "Song of the Lioness," Alex becomes this to Alanna [[/folder]]

[[folder: Live Action TV ]]* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy and Faith interacted this way, sliding in and out of rivalry as the story progressed.* The Master and The Rani from ''Series/DoctorWho'' are two examples as well.* In ''[[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider 555]]'', the two main characters, Inui Takumi and Kiba Yuuji, switch back and forth between friends and enemies, not once but several times. Eventually, [[spoiler:Kiba does a FaceHeelTurn and becomes an all-out villain, but in the last episode he returns to the Light Side and does a RedemptionEqualsDeath]].* The early seasons of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' dealt with Clark and Lex's relationship this way.* ''Series/TwentyFour'''s Jack Bauer seems to have an endless string of these, particularly Christopher Henderson. * ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''' Damon got his {{Start of Darkness}} this way. The antagonistic relationship between him and Stefan began with their rivalry for the affections of Katherine. * ''Series/{{Justified}}'': {{US Marshal}} Raylan Givens and Harlan County marijuana dealer Dickie Bennett were high school baseball rivals, whose enmity turned deeply ugly when Dickie attacked Raylan during a game, starting a fight that left Dickie with a [[EvilCripple permanent limp]] and an undying grudge, and nearly reignited a long-buried feud between the Bennett clan and the Givens' family. Decades later Raylan and Dickie find themselves on a collision course again, and for Dickie at least, ItsPersonal.* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'': Alice Sands, the BigBad in season 6 (and part of season 7) attended the police academy with Jane. Alice was second in her class behind Jane, after having been the best at everything prior to then. This created her dangerous fixation on Jane. She dropped out of the academy and became a drug dealer. Years later she would return, determined to destroy Jane's life before killing her.* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Booth and Broadsky served together as snipers in the military; while Booth later returned to civilian life, Broadsky became an assassin-for-hire, extracting revenge against the criminal element on behalf of his 'clients'.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]* "Enemy" by Fozzy apparently is about two people who were once friends and then had a breakup of some kind and the lyrics talk about they will always be on opposite sides. [[/folder]]

[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]* Wrestling/LowKi and Xavier had feuded and made up for years beforehand, but Xavier had officially crossed over to evil when he joined The Prophecy to abolish the [[CodeOfHonor honor code]] and remake Wrestling/{{R|ing Of Honor}}OH [[IntheirOwnImage in the image]] of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels. Also part of the Prophecy was Wrestling/SamoaJoe, a {{token good teammate}} OnlyInItForTheMoney who refused to violate the honor code, which made Low Ki the rival turned evil when he went on a hiatus from the company and returned as a member of the Rottweilers, spitting on Joe's ROH Championship belt after he defeated Xavier.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theatre]]* In ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', It's unclear how close Hamlet and Laertes have been, but King Claudius's thinly-veiled preference for Laertes over his nephew (and purported adopted son) clearly casts the two as rivals. Justifiedly, after Hamlet accidentally kills Laertes's father, the two become enemies, and eventually take each other down with the same [[PoisonedWeapons poisoned foil]].[[/folder]]

[[folder: Video Games ]]* Sora and Riku in ''VideoGame/{{Kingdom Hearts|I}}'' (pictured above). [[spoiler:Riku turns to the dark side by MoreThanMindControl, and is eventually possessed by the BigBad. After he's freed from this possession at the end of the game, he spends ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' dealing with the consequences.]] It's especially interesting that Riku fits ''all three'' of the marker tropes at the top of the page: he [[MissedTheCall was supposed to]] have the Keyblade, has very nearly white hair, and [[TwoGuysAndAGirl grew up with Sora and Kairi]].* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'': Sagat turned to crime and hatred after losing a fight to Ryu (and getting [[GoodScarsEvilScars hideously scarred]] in the process - In his defense, Ryu did attack him with a cheap shot, while under the influence of the Satsui No Hado). He turned good again at the end of Street Fighter Zero/Alpha 3.* Caim and Inuart in ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}''. Inuart is helped along his FaceHeelTurn by MoreThanMindControl.* One of the plotlines of ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'' mostly follows this trope. Ryu and Bosch start the game, while not necessarily as mutual friends, at least as co-workers. When Bosch starts observing (and once ends up on the wrong end of) Ryu's suddenly-manifested dragon powers, he jealously begins resorting to increasingly twisted means to match that power, including [[spoiler:getting a freaky cybernetic body]] and, eventually, [[spoiler:gaining similar powers from an evil dragon, after it sensed his selfish motives.]]* In the backstory for ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' / ''City of Villains'', the men who would become archnemeses Statesman and Lord Recluse were once very good friends. When they drank from the Well of [[TheHecateSisters the Furies]], one became an Incarnate of Zeus, got lightning powers, and named himself Statesman, while the other became an Incarnate of [[BadPowersBadPeople Tartarus]], grew spider arms, and named himself Lord Recluse. One of them became an evil overlord.* Ryudo and Melfice in ''VideoGame/GrandiaII'' were in fact brothers, but like everybody from their soon-to-be-cursed village very competitive. Melfice turns out to be possessed by the Horns of Valmar, forcing the brothers to fight. Additionally, Ryudo meets up with his childhood friend and rival who has to admit he's become soft and Ryudo is currently a better swordsman than him, at least until he starts training again.* Cecil and Kain in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. Kain was being (at least partially) mind-controlled, and he repents eventually, but his jealousy over Cecil (mostly regarding Rosa) makes him that much easier to control.* ''VideoGame/{{Valis}}'': Yuko and [[spoiler:Reiko.]]* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'': Ness and Pokey, though they weren't ever really friends. (Ness is on better terms with his brother.) Understatement. The guy starts out cowardly, bitchy, and self-centered (you see the type in media being self-aggrandizing when the danger has passed). Things go downhill with him from there. Oddly, he doesn't seem to know ''what'' he wants to be as far as Ness goes. In VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}, you can find Ness' yo-yo in Porky's playroom in the thunder tower, it's named "Friend's Yoyo".* Franchise/FireEmblem:** Lyon of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones.''** In VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia there's Ellerean, who betrays his nation after his mentor Wendell gives Merrick the Excalibur magic tome. He gets better after Wendell calls him out on this.* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}''** Maxim in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'', but only because of [[spoiler:manifestation of Dracula took his body over]].** Before that, Hugh Baldwin in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon''. He's the son of his and Nathan's master, and is jealous enough of Nathan getting the Hunter whip that he turns evil and is fought as the second-to-last boss.* [[spoiler:Straybow]] in the Medieval chapter of ''VideoGame/LiveALive''; jealous of his childhood friend [[spoiler: Oersted]]'s fame and success, he ultimately orchestrates a [[ThePlan plan]] intended to thoroughly disgrace and break him. Whether he intended it or not, he ultimately ends up causing [[spoiler:Oersted to undergo a major FaceHeelTurn, declaring that HumansAreBastards and becoming the game's BigBad]]. So, in the end, [[spoiler:both rivals turn evil.]]* [[{{Jerkass}} Songi]] starts as [[TheStoic Gala's]] rival in ''VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia''. He quickly turns more and more depraved and villainous in his journey for greater power.* Dist from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' fits this trope perfectly.* Dr. Wily from ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' fits this trope.** As does Ivan Warner, an {{expy}} of Wily from ''VideoGame/JoyMechFight''.* [[spoiler: Revya becomes this to Danette]] during the Demon Path in ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''.* Steiner is blatantly set up for this in ''VideoGame/LuminousArc2'', although it's worth noting that from his viewpoint, the ''hero'' has turned evil (having [[spoiler:collaborated with several criminals, one of whom was an accomplice to a mass murderer]].) The two go through the standard "redeem each other or kill each other" schtick before [[spoiler:Steiner sacrifices himself to kill a greater villain.]]* Jake from ''VideoGame/ApeEscape'' is turned into Spike's enemy by Spectre' brainwashing. * Dirk in ''VideoGame/SuikodenTierkreis'' is a ''mentor'' turned evil--not an EvilMentor, but a formerly good mentor who succumbs to a combination of fear, suspicion, and jealousy after his proteges a): suddenly acquire magical powers they never worked to earn, and b): start to remember things [[{{Retgone}} he's certain never existed]]. He starts out just trying to snap them out of it, but winds up barely coherent.* Krauser is this one in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. The prequel, ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles'' puts up this explanation.* Shadow from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series becomes this to Sonic in his [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog own game]] if you choose to join Black Doom by completing the one of the dark missions in G.U.N. Fortress, Black Comet, or Final Haunt.* [[LadyOfWar Tsubaki Yayoi]] towards [[ShrinkingViolet Noel Vermilion]] in ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. Thanks to a certain ManipulativeBastard, Tsubaki grew to resent Noel for having the position as the secretary of her LoveInterest. To twist it even further, she finds out that in another timeline, she would have had said position if Noel never existed. Thankfully, they resolve their issues by the time of the third game and reconcile. * ''VideoGame/{{Strider}} 2'' introduces Hien to the series, a fellow Strider and close comrade of Hiryu who shared several missions together. Hien's jealousy of his friend's seemingly unreachable ability, however, pushed him to side with [[BigBad the Grandmaster]] and cause the dead of all Striders [[SoleSurvivor save Hiryu]]. Hien still considers Hiryu a friend and even tries to talk him out of fighting the Grandmaster, citing how futile his one-man crusade is, but Hiryu is [[TheDeterminator determined]] to finish his mission and simply tells him to get serious next time they meet. * Seifer Almasy in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', who starts off as a {{Jerkass}} rival to protagonist Squall Leonhart before going all in and siding with the Sorceress Edea.* Yashu from ''VideoGame/HalfMinuteHero: The Second Coming''. His rivalry with the main hero Yusha starts out friendly, but Lamde (an antagonist from the previous game) exploits his [[MyMasterRightOrWrong fanatical devotion to Queen Maria]] and, through a series of machinations and tragic misunderstandings, causes Yashu to go berserk and swear revenge on Yusha and all of his descendants.* There have been two cases of this in the ''Franchise/SlyCooper'' games.** Neyla of ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'' is a rival to both Sly and Carmelita, but she's respectively on good and neutral terms, and helps Sly out a few times. She betrays them both to the Contessa at the same time, claiming they're in league, and becomes an enemy of the Cooper Gang from that point onwards. [[spoiler:We learn at the end that she hated them from the start, and when given the order by Arpeggio to betray them, she was ''very'' pleased]].** Oddly enough, Carmelita herself becomes this in ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'' after spending the first two games as a LawfulNeutral FairCop who is willing to PetTheDog and pull an EnemyMine with the Cooper Gang at times. Here, she becomes a LawfulEvil DirtyCop who uses her EstablishingCharacterMoment to tell Sly she hates him, and that she is no longer "the demure girl he used to know", before chasing him in murderous rage throughout Venice. She spends the entire game as an antagonist; she goes at KnightTemplar extremes when it comes to crime (''even killing a guard onscreen''), and is even fought in a BossBattle in Australia. [[spoiler:She redeems herself during the FinalBoss]].[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation ]]* Peter Parker and Eddie Brock in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' were childhood friends, but over the course of the series they drift further apart, as Eddie's grudge becomes greater, leading to their destined battle as Spider-Man and Venom.* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' Optimus and Megatron were once friends (hardly rivals) as Orion Pax and Megatronus while they worked together to progress civil rights on Cybertron. [[ForegoneConclusion It didn't end well.]] Optimus still thinks he can bring his old friend back [[spoiler:until towards the end of the first season.]]* Splinter (Hamato Yoshi) and the Shredder (Oroku Saki) as seen in the 2012 ''{{WesternAnimation/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}''. They were once good friends until they both fell in love for the same women, Tang Shen. Their rivalry for her love soon turned into hatred, which ultimately killed Shen and Splinter's infant daughter.* In [[MilesGloriosus Trixie]]'s second appearance on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', she becomes this to Twilight under the influence of an ArtifactOfDoom.* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':** Jack Fenton and Vlad Masters, although the former is unaware of this case [[spoiler:until the GrandFinale]].** Tucker becomes this in "What You Want", going too far with his ghost powers and attempting to outshine Danny about it. He eventually gets better from it.* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' has an unusual case in the episode, "The N-Men". For this example, the titular character is the rival turned evil being angered on how Cindy keeps on overshadowing him. This eventually [[HulkingOut sets him off]] and he goes on a rampage. Ironically, the only person who can calm him down was Cindy, who he was originally mad at.* Morph becomes this in ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' season 2. Wanting revenge on the X-Men for leaving him to die, his acts in the beginning of season 2 includes posing as a reverend to lead Scott and Jean away for Mr. Sinister to get them, locking Beast away in the Danger Room and increase the danger, and getting Storm shot while posing as a police officer. Then, it's a subverted when he has a SplitPersonality doing all this. He eventually gets better from this by the season 2 finale.* Phil from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' in the beginning of season 2.* Cy-Kill is this to Leader-1 in ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGoBots.''[[/folder]]